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> I hope people continue migrating to http://MeWe.com which has a clear privacy bill of rights at its core and zero ads. It makes money in a far more traditional approach by charging for "pages" and extended emotions etc.

What is the guarantee that they stick to this and not got FB route later. Why should I trust "Sgrouples Inc."?

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I don't replacing Facebook with another centralized network is a step forward at all.

You should own your own data, and choose to share it with one or more networks. Should be able to be friends with people on BookFace, YourSpace, ICQQ, and choose what you want to share with them. Everyone browsing their feed in the app of their choice.

If they changed it would be suicide. Their whole raison d'être is around privacy and no censorship.

I'm not so sure that'll still be true once they have a critical mass of users on there. Perhaps a lot of users will have been brought on through their network, instead of through their belief in the platform. Before you know it, perhaps most of their users won't care as much as the original set!

What we need is a law that forces companies to get specific permission before seeing their data to any other specific entity. Terms of use change all the time.

I'm hopeful the new generation of people growing up without privacy will learn to value it as they mature and control of their internet history is something they have to deal with.

Make laws with teeth. Look at HIPAA for example. The penalties are severe and therefore compliance is strict.

No. Google got big literally only because a huge f-ton of nerds saw them as a new, unique, good alternative to the big tech companies and pushed their services. Remember when working at Google was a dream that spawned several movies even?

Then, Google just went and deleted "Don't be evil" from their manifesto. Literally they did that. That's like saying "Yo guys, we are evil now".

And what happened? Nothing. They are fine.

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